• VALID
  • MISSING
  • VAGUE
  • HUMAN

How to validate incident action items with your AI

Connect your agent to your postmortem data to catch vague or unassigned tasks before they get lost.

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Short answer

How can I make sure my postmortem tasks actually get done?

Your AI reviews your incident logs and task lists to flag any action item missing a person, a date, or a success metric. You get a clean list of actionable tasks ready for assignment. This breakdown shows you exactly how the validation works.

Task outcomes

Where every task lands.

The AI sorts your postmortem output into these four categories.

VALID

Ready for execution

The AI identifies tasks with a clear owner, deadline, and metric. These go straight to your project tracker.

MISSING

Incomplete details

The AI flags items missing a specific owner or a due date. You'll see exactly what's missing so you can fix it.

VAGUE

Needs better metrics

The AI catches tasks that lack a measurable way to prove they worked. It highlights these for your review.

HUMAN

Requires your judgment

The AI pulls out complex architectural changes that need a person to define the scope. It won't guess on these.

The workflow

What your AI does when the postmortem arrives.

The AI handles the tedious checking so you can focus on the actual fixes.

  1. Scan logs

    The AI reads through your incident reports and the resulting task lists to find every mentioned action item.

    validate_incident_postmortem

  2. Check ownership

    It looks for a specific name or role attached to every task to prevent ghost items.

    validate_incident_postmortem

  3. Verify deadlines

    The agent checks that every task has a concrete date instead of just soon or next week.

    validate_incident_postmortem

  4. Audit metrics

    The AI ensures each task includes a way to measure if the problem was actually solved.

    validate_incident_postmortem

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Starting points

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    "incident-postmortem-prover-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_KJycaUpjREM4styaMUmvRCfmlrKrfVMXPwF6uM9b/mcp"
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  • Validate the action items from the #incident-response channel.

  • Check the tasks in my 'Postmortem-2024-05' Jira board for missing owners.

  • Review the recent outage report in Google Docs and flag any vague tasks.

  • Look at the action items in this GitHub issue and tell me which ones lack a deadline.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI assign the tasks to people for me?

    No. The AI identifies who should own a task, but you must manually assign it in your tracking tool.

  • 02

    Will it delete any tasks from my Jira or GitHub?

    No. The AI only reads your data to validate it. It cannot delete or modify your existing records.

  • 03

    Does it work with any incident report format?

    It works with any text-based report, whether it's in a Slack thread, a Google Doc, or a GitHub issue.

  • 04

    What happens if a task is too complex to validate?

    The AI will flag it as a human-only task. It won't try to force a metric or owner on something it can't clearly identify.

  • 05

    Can I use this to create new tasks?

    No. This specific tool is for validating existing items, not for generating new ones.

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